Sentence examples for the former prevail from inspiring English sources

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If the former prevail, then the theory is likely to be consequentialist and probably some version of utilitarianism, according to which the point of the practice of punishment is to increase overall net social welfare by reducing (ideally, preventing) crime.

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During the 1990 Rennes party congress, Mitterrand supported a move to replace Mauroy with Fabius, but again the former prevailed, gaining another term.

The former prevailed by playing splendidly, although Djokovic made his task easier with some uncharacteristic errors, none sloppier than a wildly missed overhead to save a second break point when the all-important second set was tied at 5-5.

Carlos Betancur tried to stay with the two Italians but he faded with 200m remaining, and after Santambrogio and Nibali briefly traded attacks, the former prevailed to bring Vini-Fantini their first win of this year's Giro.

In fact, surprisingly, the former prevailed.

If the former prevails on the latter, the overall result will be an increase in competitive imbalance.

In a rhetorical faceoff between "no more big government" and "let's go forward and not relitigate the health care past," she thinks the former prevails; Ron, however, thinks that if Obama and Democrats explain its popular provisions -- on kids staying on parents' plans, preventive care, pre-existing conditions, insurance company abuse -- he can turn a sow's ear into a silk purse.

When the former prevails (e.g. in CD1 mice), cannabinoid agonists decrease anxiety.

His new job, he says, holds the answer to the question of his lifetime: will democracy in the former Soviet Union prevail over the Kremlin's imperial ambitions?

Last week, in New York, the former scenarios prevailed for the Democratic slate of Hillary Clinton, Eliot Spitzer, Andrew Cuomo, and Alan Hevesi.

Yet for decades the former outlook prevailed, and it is supported in the only official statement about the S. G.'s role, issued in 1977 by the Justice Department.

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